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ArticleRSC advances2025

Luminescent down-shifting layers based on an isoquinoline-Eu(iii) complex for enhanced efficiency of c-Si solar cells under extreme UV radiation conditions.

Darío Espinoza, Ronald Nelson, Fabian Vargas, Alifhers Mestra, Laura Sánchez-Muñoz, Pere Alemany, Douglas Olivares, Luis Conde, Jaime Llanos

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Article in RSC advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Computational Strategies for Predicting Excited-State Energies in EuChemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Darío EspinozaDepartamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte Avda. Angamos 0610 Antofagasta 1270709 Chile jllanos@ucn.cl +56 552355615.
Ronald NelsonDepartamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte Avda. Angamos 0610 Antofagasta 1270709 Chile jllanos@ucn.cl +56 552355615.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7449-6334
Fabian VargasDepartamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte Avda. Angamos 0610 Antofagasta 1270709 Chile jllanos@ucn.cl +56 552355615.
Alifhers MestraDepartamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte Avda. Angamos 0610 Antofagasta 1270709 Chile jllanos@ucn.cl +56 552355615.
Laura Sánchez-MuñozDepartament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 647 08028 Barcelona Spain.
Pere AlemanyDepartament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 647 08028 Barcelona Spain.
Douglas OlivaresCentro de Desarrollo Energético Antofagasta, Universidad de Antofagasta Avda. Angamos 601 Antofagasta 1270300 Chile.
Luis CondeSolar Energy Research Center, Universidad de Chile Tupper 2007 8370451 Santiago Chile.
Jaime LlanosDepartamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica del Norte Avda. Angamos 0610 Antofagasta 1270709 Chile jllanos@ucn.cl +56 552355615.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0804-3166

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Atacama Desert's extreme UV radiation impacts photovoltaic devices, reducing silicon solar cell efficiency through overheating and photodegradation. To address this, we integrated a europium complex derived from 1-(diphenylphosphoryl)-3-isoquinolinecarboxylic acid into a polyvinyl butyral (PVB) matrix, forming a luminescent down-shifting layer (LDSL) that converts UV radiation into visible light. This LDSL improves light harvesting and mitigates UV-induced degradation. After LDSL application, photovoltaic analysis of a c-Si cell showed significant enhancements: short-circuit current density (

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